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Microsoft Azure revenue grew 41% year-over-year and surpassed the $100 billion annual revenue milestone for the first time. — This provides concrete evidence that massive AI capital expenditures are translating into significant top-line growth.
+0.80Microsoft reported a cloud backlog of $678 billion, with growth of 25% year-over-year excluding OpenAI contributions. — A high backlog indicates sustained long-term demand for cloud services independent of a single partner.
+0.60Microsoft's 'more personal computing' segment saw revenue drop 4% year-over-year, including a 13% decline in Xbox hardware sales. — While secondary to cloud, these declines show weakness in legacy hardware and gaming segments.
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